After having been postponed several times during the last seven months, voting in the annual elections for the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) finally got underway at the premises of the Sindh High Court on Saturday morning.The elections are being held under the supervision of Chief Election Commissioner Barrister Zulfiqar Ali Jalbani. Two pooling booths have been set up in the New Bar Room as well as in the Old Bar Room of the high court.

The candidates are vying for the posts of president, vice president, general secretary, joint secretary, treasurer, librarian and 11 seats of the managing committee. Aamir Nawaz Waraich, GM Korai, Waqar Alam Abbasi and Asadullah Rashidi are competing for the post of president, while Amir Shahzad, Irfan Ali, Muhammad Haroon, Muhammad Irfan, Nazir Shar, Saeed Ahmad, Sher Bano, and Barrister Uzair Ghauri are vying for the seat of vice president.

Rehman Korai, Muhammad Arshad Shar, Imran Aziz, Asif Korejo, Muhammad Shahid, Tariq Arain and Mumtaz Khan Tanoli are the candidates for the seat of general secretary, while Riaz Korai, Liaquat Gabol, Hasina Tabassum, Fida Hussain, Waseem Awan, Salma Bibi and Nizamuddin Channa are the candidates for the post of joint secretary.

Abdul Basit, Mukhtiar Sodhar, Kashif Baloch and Salma Panja are competing for the seat of treasurer, while Faheem Ali Mangi, Imran Younus Awan, Ghulam Ishaq Chachar, Humera Farooqui and Farhana Siddiqui are the candidates for the seat of librarian.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)